Bulldogs Dominate at Army Invite

Oct 14, 2007

Oct. 14, 2007

West Point, NY -
Yale finished play at the Army Invite Sunday by winning 14 of its final 16 matches in West Point, NY. The Bulldogs won 7 of the 8 singles flights and 3 of the 4 doubles flights in the tournament.

In the top singles flight, junior Michael Caldwell finished up a perfect 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Leo Mochizuki of St. Bonaventure. Senior captain Rory Green finished play in the third flight with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Victor Lecina of St. Bonaventure. In the fourth flight, Connor Dawson finished up with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Jonathan Luce.

Freshman Calvin Bennett concluded play in the fifth flight without dropping a set by defeating Mikhail Sudakov of St. Bonaventure 6-4, 6-0. Likewise, junior Tom Santoro finished up play in the sixth flight without dropping a set after defeating St. Bonaventure's Chris Post 6-3, 6-4. Playing in the seventh flight, sophomore Matt Schimmel came up with a straight set 6-1, 6-0 win over Tyler Reppert of St. Bonaventure to clinch the flight without losing one set.

In the top doubles flight, Caldwell and Connor Dawson won despite a 9-8 loss to St. Bonaventure's Lecina and Luce. After sweeping all three matches in the second flight, Green and Jeff Dawson won that bracket. Schimmel and Santoro won the fourth doubles flight, winning all three matches they played.